pilots

27 Jan

Powergrid drone project pre-qualifications seen to be restrictive

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The pre-qualification requirements laid down by the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) is extremely restrictive as it states that the bidder must have successfully completed drone patrolling using mounted camera for visual, thermovision of at least 100 route km or 300nos towers of 220kV or above Transmission Lines in last five year, as on the originally scheduled date of bid opening. This relates to aerial patrolling (Drone Based) of Powergrid transmission lines for identification of defects and health assessment of Transmission lines. Sources say the RFP is for the pilot phase to evaluate the…

02 Mar

Age no bar for this sprightly 81-year-old pilot

Bengaluru: "There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old-bold pilots." Try telling this to 81-year-old Air Vice Marshal Ajit Lamba (retd) and he'll laugh in your face. Such is his undying spirit. "At the moment I am not flying very regularly because of non-availability of aircraft. I have been flying off and on any time I can get hold of an aircraft," Lamba told IANS on the sidelines of the just-concluded Aero India defence exposition, where he made quite a splash when, dressed in blue overalls, he flew an indigenous Hansa single-engined trainer aircraft, swankily painted in grey and…